cwmoss
11-18-2003, 11:02 PM
Hi all,
I'm new here but have been searching for some answers pertaining to a home I'm looking to buy. It's a beautiful home, my wife loves it and there is nothing comparable in the area. But the problem is when I had it inspected the inspector noted that there is no felt paper (vapor barrier) under the tile.
He told me that it was an installation method that was tried a few years ago and was found to have some drawbacks so they reverted to using the felt again. The drawback he says is that if the roof fails the felt isn't there to take the rain water down to the gutter. When I asked my Realtor (the deceptive, money hungry, snake), mister personality tells me that a lot of fine homes were built this way in his very own neighborhood and everyone is happy, smiling and have had no problems.
So, I would like to know if anyone knows anything about this? If there is anywhere I can read about it? And if your wife found the house of her dreams in this condition, would you let her buy it?
The roof is the half elliptical concrete tile type, the house is 21 years old and is in Stockton, California (where I think it rain very little.
The roof aslo has skip sheathing which I hear is not too good.
Thanks a lot for the help,
Marc
Here is a long url that leads to the only discussion I could find.
http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:HV-T6ZexTF0J:www.thehomeinspector.com/MMMPromo/MMMPromo.html+%22Concrete+Tile%22+installed+%22wit hout+felt%22+paper&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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I'm new here but have been searching for some answers pertaining to a home I'm looking to buy. It's a beautiful home, my wife loves it and there is nothing comparable in the area. But the problem is when I had it inspected the inspector noted that there is no felt paper (vapor barrier) under the tile.
He told me that it was an installation method that was tried a few years ago and was found to have some drawbacks so they reverted to using the felt again. The drawback he says is that if the roof fails the felt isn't there to take the rain water down to the gutter. When I asked my Realtor (the deceptive, money hungry, snake), mister personality tells me that a lot of fine homes were built this way in his very own neighborhood and everyone is happy, smiling and have had no problems.
So, I would like to know if anyone knows anything about this? If there is anywhere I can read about it? And if your wife found the house of her dreams in this condition, would you let her buy it?
The roof is the half elliptical concrete tile type, the house is 21 years old and is in Stockton, California (where I think it rain very little.
The roof aslo has skip sheathing which I hear is not too good.
Thanks a lot for the help,
Marc
Here is a long url that leads to the only discussion I could find.
http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:HV-T6ZexTF0J:www.thehomeinspector.com/MMMPromo/MMMPromo.html+%22Concrete+Tile%22+installed+%22wit hout+felt%22+paper&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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